| 1868 - 986 pages
...eclipsed by the more solid and enduring splendour of the reign. . . . But how much nobler will be our sovereign's boast, when he shall have to say that...found law dear and left it cheap —found it a sealed bonk, left it a living letter — found it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the... | |
| Law - 1868 - 384 pages
...reign has its claims also. But how much nobler will be our sovereign's boast, when he shall have to eay that he found law dear, and left it cheap; found it a sealed book, left it a living letter ; fonnd it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged... | |
| John Campbell Baron Campbell - Judges - 1869 - 654 pages
...reign also has its claims. But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast when he shall have it to say that he found law dear, and left it cheap ;...— left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression — 'left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence... | |
| Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 538 pages
...success, to make that his boast which he describes as an ambition worthy of a sovereign, — " to have it to say, that he found law dear, and left it cheap...rich, left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression, left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence."... | |
| Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 536 pages
...success, to make that his boast "which he describes as an ambition worthy of a sovereign, — " to have it to say, that he found law dear, and left it cheap...rich, left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression, left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence."... | |
| Sir Joseph Arnould - Judges - 1873 - 498 pages
...marble,' he continues — ' But how much nobler will be our Sovereign's boast when he shall have it to say, that he found Law dear, and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book, and left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor... | |
| Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1873 - 464 pages
...reign also has its claims. But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say, that he found law dear, and left it cheap; found it a sealed hook — left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance of... | |
| James Mason - Biography - 1875 - 706 pages
...brick and left it of marble. But how much nobler will be the sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say that he found law dear and left it cheap ;...rich, left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression, left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence... | |
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